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LOU_TRANSLATE(1) | User Commands | LOU_TRANSLATE(1) |
NAME¶
lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of liblouis Braille translation tablesSYNOPSIS¶
lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE[,TABLE,...]DESCRIPTION¶
Translate whatever is on standard input and print it on standard output. It is intended for large-scale testing of the accuracy of Braille translation and back-translation.OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -v, --version
- display version information and exit
- -f, --forward
- forward translation using the given table
- -b, --backward
- backward translation using the given table If neither -f nor -b are specified forward translation is assumed
EXAMPLES¶
- lou_translate --forward en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
- Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The resulting braille is ASCII encoded.
- lou_translate unicode.dis,en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
- Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The resulting braille is encoded as Unicode dot patterns.
- echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate --backward en-us-g2.ctb
- Do a backward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb.
AUTHOR¶
Written by John J. Boyer.REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org.Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2019 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for lou_translate is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and lou_translate programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info liblouis
should give you access to the complete manual.
December 2020 | lou_translate (Liblouis) 3.16.0 |